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Re: Is their a new way to treat mites?

Re: Is their a new way to treat mites?

Originally Posted by wildbranch2007

yup and it requires a prescription to get it according to my search. think a high payed vet is going to stick his neck out?

Did you call a vet and ask ? Its good to have the study done by aBEE lab in hand when you ask. I don't think that my vet is low paying but there are at least 2 offices in town that will write a Rx. Need that report PM me

Re: Is their a new way to treat mites?

Originally Posted by Ishi

Did you call a vet and ask ? Its good to have the study done by aBEE lab in hand when you ask. I don't think that my vet is low paying but there are at least 2 offices in town that will write a Rx. Need that report PM me

how about posting there names here so everyone can get a perscription?

mike syracuse ny
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Re: Is their a new way to treat mites?

Originally Posted by Oldtimer

In my country Apivar is widely used. Here's a few of my personal observations.

You need 2 strips per brood box, ie, in a 2 brood box hive, you need 4 strips. The mode of action is not to kill mites outright. What it does is paralyze them, . . . . . the Apivar strips have to stay in the hive 10 weeks. I have spoken to the manufacturers about this and they told me that at 10 weeks, the strips are still leaching around 1/2 the Amitraz they did when they were new, which is enough, but at the 10 week mark they should be removed to prevent underdosing & encouraging resistant mites.

Good post Oldtimer, Im my experience it is very important to provide the full treatment time. I also treat during the spring because I feel its important to have the bees active during the treatment

Re: Is their a new way to treat mites?

Well the bees look pretty happy.

Guess I'll have to go search your posts. I'm not much interested in syrup mix as I hardly ever use syrup but if you have not detailed the cotton pad plant oils before I'd love to hear it. I guess you just let the bees chew out the pad so you don't have to remove it yourself?

Re: Is their a new way to treat mites?

Most will not clean them out. I apply 3 in the spring 10 days apart then the same in the fall. It's a blend of oil, thymol, euc, menthol and 7 others. Always changing due to additional research. I seem to find time to do research, attend meetings, talk to other beeks, and run bees. Spent all last week supering. image.jpg